George Russell

Hamilton: 2024 is “not feeling massively different” compared to previous two seasons following difficult F1 Austrian GP

James O'Connor3 months ago3 months ago05 mins

Lewis Hamilton’s tricky season continued as he finished P4 in the Austrian Grand Prix last Sunday. The Brit looked a shade behind teammate George Russell from Sprint qualifying onwards, and floor damage in the Grand Prix itself harmed his chances of getting on the podium. The 39-year-old passed Sainz off track at turn 1 and…

Toto Wolff “will be forever ashamed” for his poorly timed motivational comment in F1 Austrian GP

Ewout Albrecht3 months ago3 months ago09 mins

Coming off a pole and podiums in Montreal and Barcelona, things were looking good for Mercedes, but to add another win to the team’s record so soon was quite unexpected for Toto Wolff, who saw George Russell take the top step in Spielberg after Max Verstappen and Lando Norris collided in a scrap for the…

“It takes two to tango” — Wolff on Verstappen and Norris incident during F1 Austrian Grand Prix

Ryan McGahey3 months ago3 months ago04 mins

Toto Wolff reflects on an action packed Austrian Grand Prix and the heavily discussed incident which allowed Russell to nab the team’s first victory of the 2024 season. The Austrian Grand Prix will go down as one to remember for the Mercedes team, with George Russell nabbing the team’s first victory since Brazil in 2022….

F1 | Austrian GP | Race | Russell wins in extraordinary circumstances as Verstappen and Norris collide in closing stages

James O'Connor3 months ago3 months ago09 mins

Everyone was on mediums aside from Zhou Guanyu who went for hards. The Chinese driver started in the pits following set-up changes. Verstappen got away well, comfortably leading Norris. The McLaren driver had to defend hard against Russell up to turn 3. Lewis Hamilton cleared Carlos Sainz for 4th but took to the run off….

“It’s definitely going in the right direction for us” — Russell feeling positive after qualifying P3 ahead of F1 Austrian GP

Magdalena Put3 months ago3 months ago06 mins

George Russell cut an upbeat figure after qualifying third ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix. After securing fourth in Friday’s Sprint qualifying event, Russell went one better on Saturday. McLaren’s Oscar Piastri had initially gone third fastest, but his lap time was deleted for a track limits transgression at Turn 6 towards the end of…

F1 | Austrian GP | Qualifying | Verstappen dominates to take pole from Norris and Russell

James O'Connor3 months ago07 mins

Q1 Max Verstappen was first out of the pits and logged a 1:06.054 to kick things off, with Sergio Perez just under 0.2s away. A 1:05.941 from Carlos Sainz saw the Spaniard break the 66s barrier to go fastest. However, that was beaten by 0.040s seconds later by teammate Charles Leclerc. Norris and Piastri managed…

F1 | Austrian GP | Sprint Qualifying | Verstappen on pole after a sublime lap in Speilberg

Evan Roberts3 months ago3 months ago05 mins

Max Verstappen reigns supreme once again, putting his Red Bull on pole position for the sprint race, his second sprint pole in a row, and eighth in his F1 career. The Flying Dutchman beat McLaren’s Lando Norris to pole position by just under a tenth in a messy end to Sprint Qualifying. SQ1 The start…

F1 | Austrian GP | FP1 | Verstappen on top ahead of Piastri and Leclerc after stopping on track

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago3 months ago06 mins

Round 11 of the 2024 Formula 1 Season began with the first and only practise session of the weekend, and all cars immediately out on track apart from the Williams. Norris mentioned issues with his steering wheel, as the bets early time is set in 1:07.932s by Russell on hards, followed by Hamilton and Verstappen…

Toto Wolff plays his cards close to his chest amid rumours of Verstappen joining Mercedes in F1

Ryan McGahey3 months ago3 months ago04 mins

Toto Wolff has remained tight-lipped regarding the future driver lineup of Mercedes in Formula 1 with the impending exit of seven time champion Lewis Hamilton at the end of the season. With Formula 1’s silly season well underway, the rumour mill has been running at full pace regarding George Russell’s 2025 teammate at Mercedes. One…

George Russell says hard tyre was “pretty rubbish” on his way to P4 finish in F1 Spanish GP

Karishma Persad3 months ago3 months ago08 mins

Despite taking an early lead on lap 1, Mercedes’ George Russell ended Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix in fourth. Speaking after the race, Russell described his performance as “a little bit” frustrating, adding that there had been several small factors which had affected his result. A 5.5s stop first time around did not help, and he…